CS2 is crashing and won't validate due to Steam App Lock
Here is the message I just sent to Steam Support - I now have a 7 day cooldown because their game is crashing...

For the past month or so my game has been randomly closing, started a couple of weeks after a clean install of windows.
The logs report that while I am playing the game it checks for an update reported it's fully installed then a minute or 2 later it crashes.
Because Steam puts an Update Lock on the app after checking for updates the game isn't able to validate files or download files for repair, I can't even uninstall and reinstall the app.
I've restarted in an attempt to remove the lock but it's maintains the lock even after closing steam and restarting.
As a result I have lost 1000's of elo points and now have a 7 day ban.....

This is the only game that is impacted by this issue.

Why is it happening, how can I fix it, and can you remove my ban, I'd also love my elo back but I doubt you care that much.

Here is an example of the log:
[2025-07-09 00:02:19] AppID 730 state changed : Fully Installed,Updated Disabled by app,
[2025-07-09 00:02:35] App 730 updates disabled for 847 seconds (until Wed Jul 9 00:16:42 2025)
[2025-07-09 00:02:35] AppID 730 state changed : Fully Installed,App Running,Updated Disabled by app,
[2025-07-09 00:03:09] AppID 730 state changed : Fully Installed,Files Corrupt,App Running,Updated Disabled by app,
[2025-07-09 00:03:17] AppID 730 state changed : Fully Installed,Files Corrupt,Updated Disabled by app,
[2025-07-09 00:03:28] Start validating appID 730
[2025-07-09 00:03:28] AppID 730 scheduler update : Priority First, not played for 11 seconds, update disabled for 863 seconds
[2025-07-09 00:03:28] AppID 730 scheduler update : updates disabled by app; blocking attempt Priority First


[2025-07-09 00:05:21] Client version: 1751405894
[2025-07-09 00:05:21] Loaded Steam library folders configuration: C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\libraryfolders.vdf
[2025-07-09 00:05:21] Loaded 6 apps from install folder "C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\appmanifest_*.acf".
[2025-07-09 00:05:21] Loaded 1 apps from install folder "D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\appmanifest_*.acf".
[2025-07-09 00:05:21] Triggered async write of Steam library folders configuration (2 libraries).
[2025-07-09 00:05:25] AppID 730 state changed : Fully Installed,Files Corrupt,Updated Disabled by app,
[2025-07-09 00:05:45] AppID 730 scheduler update : Priority First, not played for 148 seconds, update disabled for 726 seconds